Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo JOEL LEE, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Iatcnt o. 43,119, dated June 14,1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, JOEL LEE, of Galesburg, in the county of Knox andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful ImprovedWashing-Machine; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthisspeciation, in which- Figure l is a sectional view. Fig. 2 is therub-board, its frame, and friction-rollers and shaft. Fig. 3 isfriction-rollers and shaft.

A represents the tub; B, the rub board frame; O,the rub-board; D,the'riction'roller shaft; E E, the cross-hars which form the lower end ofrub-board frame; F F, the wash- ,ing-rollers; Gr, the handle; H, theguidegrooves; and I, the friction-rollers.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of certaindevices for cleansing clothes.

To operate my machine, take hold of handle V Gr, raise the rubboard alittle past a perpendicular position against the end of the tub. In thisposition it is out of the way of the operator. Place the clothes on thewashing-rolls F F; return the rub-board to its former position. Thefriction-rollers being in the guidegrooves holds and directs the shaft Din its proper shaft D at their center, which permits the rub-` board toaccommodate itself to the inequalities ofthe clothes. Wh en thefriction-rollers are attached to the rub-board frame, the rub-board isheld in a rigid condition, and the thickest portion of the clothesreceives all the pressure; hence the advantage of a joint in the center.The rub-board is moved to and fro, bearing on agreeable to the strengthor inclination of the operator. It will be perceived that this inodecleanses the clothes with very little friction, the clothes adhering tothe rub-board and passing freely over the washing-rolls.

Having thus described my machine, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The frictionroller shaft D, cross-bars E E, friction rollers I,rub-hoard frame B, rubboard C, washing-rollsF F, and guide-grooves H,the whole constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

HENRY R. LEE, E. A. WILLEM'.

